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Fellows of the Royal Society who are or were Freemasons, listed alphabetically 1812–50, but when he died at Bunny Park aged 65 without legitimate issue, 1 Nov 1850, 399 the Barony became extinct, but the Btcy devolved on cousin, Thomas George Augustus Parkyns, DL (1820–1895), as 5 th Bt. Initiated or Joined, 1 Jul 1790, L. of Friendship No. 3, now No. 6. ProvGM: Nottinghamshire, 1783–1800; Derbyshire, 25 Mar 1789, resigning 1792; Leicestershire and Rutland, 25 Mar 1789, resigning 1797. Exalted into RA Masonry. 2ndGPrin, 1792–94, 1stGPrin, GChap, 1794–1800; GSupt, Derbyshire, and Leicestershire and Rutland, 1793–17 Nov 1800. Installed as a KT. GM, GtPriory, 3 Feb 1796–17 Nov 1800. Parrington, Francis Rex, FRS [15 Mar 1962] (20 Feb 1905–17 Apr 1981), vertebrate palaeontologist and comparative anatomist. Born at Bromborough, near Neston, Cheshire, younger son of Frank Harding Parrington (c.1877–1907), partner in a Liverpool brewery, and Bessie May Harding. Initiated, 26 Jan 1929, aged 23, Strickland Curator, Cambridge, passed 23 Feb 1929 and raised 18 May 1929, Alma Mater L. No. 1491, Cambridge, resigning 6 Jul 1969. Exalted into RA Masonry, 3 Dec 1929, Euclid Chapter No. 859, Cambridge. Pawlet, 400 Edward, FRS [3 Nov 1726] (?–Apr 1768), barrister. SW 1723, unnumbered and unnamed L. at Crown and Anchor, St Clement’s, Strand, London, in which he was proposed on a date unknown by Martin Folkes, FRS, of L. at Bedford’s Head. Pelham-Holles, Thomas, 1 st and last Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, KG, FRS [26 Oct 1749], later [17 Nov 1756] 1 st Duke of Newcastle-under-Line 401 (1 Jul 1693–17 Nov 1768), eldest son and heir of Thomas Pelham, 1 st Baron Pelham of Laughton and his 2 nd wife, Grace Holles, 4 th and youngest dau of Gilbert Holles, 3 rd Earl of Clare, and sister of John Holles, 1 st and last Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1662–1711). Educ at Westminster and Clare Hall, Cambridge, matric 9 Mar 1710. Inherited the Holles estate, 15 Jul 1711, on the death of his uncle, John, Duke of Newcastle, and took the name Holles in addition to that of Pelham. Succeeded to the 1611 Btcy, 23 Feb 1712, on the death of his father; created, 19 Oct 1714, Viscount Haughton and Earl of Clare and, 11 Aug 1715, Marquess of Clare and Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. There being no one to succeed to his peerage dignities, created, 17 Nov 1756, Duke of Newcastle-under-Line, with a special remainder and, 4 May 1762, 1 st Baron Pelham of Stanmer, Sussex, with a different remainder. First Ld, Treasy (Prime Minister), Mar 1754–Nov 1756 and Jul 1757–May 1762. Among an early group of noblemen who joined the Craft under PGL. No extant trace of the circumstances of his initiation; raised, along with Francis, Duke of Lorraine, FRS [qv, above], at an Extraordinary [Anderson calls it an Occasional] L. held Nov 1731, at Sir Robert Walpole’s seat at Houghton Hall, Norfolk, by WM and Brethren of L. No. 30 at the Maid’s Head, Cook Row, now Magdalen Street, Norwich, 402 called by Thomas Coke, 1 st and last Baron Lovel of Minster Lovel, KB, GM, PGL, 1731–32 [qv, above], who presided. Pellett, 403 Thomas, MD (Cantab) [1705], FRS [20 Mar 1712], FRCP [9 Apr 1716; PRCP 1735–40] (c.1671–4 Jul 1744), physician. Educ at Eton 1687–88, Queens’ Coll, Cambridge, admitted 8 Jun 1689 (MB 1694). Went to Italy with Richard Mead and studied at Padua; practised in London from 1707, living in Henrietta Street, Covent Garden; Censor, RS, 1717, 1720 and 1727; Consilarius 1740 and 1741. His sole publication was the Harveian Oration, delivered 19 Oct 1719, partly in verse, in which John, 2 nd Duke of Montagu, KG, MD (Cantab) [qv, above] is congratulated on having been elected FRS (on 13 Mar 1718); he edited 1728, the year after the author’s death, with Martin Folkes, FRS [qv, above], Sir Isaac Newton’s Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms. Member, 1725, L. No. 24, 404 at Bedford’s Head, Southampton Street, Covent Garden, London, proposed by William Jones, FRS, of the L. at the Queen’s Head. Percy, Henry George, 7 th Duke of Northumberland, KG, PC, FRS [28 Nov 1900] (29 May 1846–14 May 1918), styled [1846–67] Lord Warkworth and [1867–99] Earl Percy, succeeding to the titles on the death, 2 Jan 1899, of his father, Algernon George Percy, 6 th Duke of Northumberland, KG, PC (1810–1899). His mother was Louisa Drummond (1813–1890), granddaughter of Robert Auriol Hay-Drummond, 10 th Earl of Kinnoull, PC (1751–1804), Lord Lyon King of Arms, 1796–1804. 405 400 Spelt Pawlett in Stewart, op. cit., 131. 401 This 2nd dukedom, with special remainder to his nephew, Henry, 9 th Earl of Lincoln, was of Newcastle-under-Line, as it is spelt in GEC, Vol. IX, 531, with the n. (a): ‘So spelt in the patent of creation – not Lyme. This was the only Dukedom (save one conferred on a Royal grandson) that was created by George II during his reign of 33 years’. 402 Constituted on 11 May 1724 by Martin Folkes, FRS [qv, above], then DepGM. 403 As spelt in List of PRCPs, and elsewhere, but as Pellet in the RS’s List of Fellows on its website. 404 Unnamed and ununnumbered until 1729, warranted 20 Oct 1723, meeting at the Crown, near Cripplegate, London, moving to the Bedford’s Head in 1729; the L. erased 17 Nov 1760, restored c.1763, and erased again 28 Apr 1775 [Lane, 29, 30 & 45]. 405 His elder son, Thomas Robert Hay-Drummond (1785–1866), succeeded him as Ld Lyon King of Arms, 1804–66, and was Ld-Lt, Perthshire 1830–66, Col of the Royal Perthshire Militia, and 57 th GMM, Scot, 1826–27. 90
Fellows of the Royal Society who are or were Freemasons, listed alphabetically Educ at Christ Church, Oxford, matric 21 Apr 1865, aged 18. As Earl Percy, 406 elected MP, North Northumberland, 1868–1885, Treas, Household, 1874–1875, sworn of the Privy Council, 2 Mar 1874, called up to the HL, 22 July 1887, during the lifetime of his father, as Lord Lovaine, Baron of Alnwick. Militia A-de-C to HM Queen Victoria, 1892, to HM King Edward VII, 1901 and to HM King George V, 1910. Pres, Royal Instn, 1899, Trustee, Br Museum, 1900, Member, Council, RS, 1911. Ld High Stwd, 1911 Coronation of HM King George V. Hon LLD and DCL, Oxon. Ld-Lt and Cust Rot, Northumberland, 1904. Hon Col, 3 rd and 7 th Bns, Northumberland Fusiliers and 1 st Northumberland Brigade Royal Field Artillery, Pres, Northumberland Territorial Forces Assn, 1909–18, Chmn, Northumberland CC. In the Univ of Durham, successively: Member, Senate 1909–12; and Chan 1913–18. Initiated, as Baron Warkworth, 12 Feb 1866 in Apollo Univ. L. No. 460, now No. 357, Oxford, passed 9 Mar and raised 24 Apr 1866. Joined 2 Ls.: as Baron Warkworth, 3 Apr 1867, Westminster and Keystone L. No. 10, WM, as Earl Percy, 1870, resigning 2 Dec 1886; and Alnwick L. No. 1167, WM 1870. As Earl Percy, SGW, UGLE, Apr 1869. ProvGM, Northumberland, 30 Nov 1869–86. ProvGM, MMM, Northumberland and Durham, 1870–73, resigning on being elected GM, GL, MMM, 1873–75. Percy, Hugh, styled [1786–1817] Earl Percy, later [1817] 3 rd Duke of Northumberland, then [1819] KG, FRS and FSA [1 May 1823], PC (20 Apr 1785–23 Feb 1847), son and heir, by his 2 nd wife, of Hugh Percy, 2 nd Duke of Northumberland, KG, FRS, FSA (1742–1817). Educ Eton, 1796–1802, and St John’s Coll, Cambridge (MA, 1805; LLD, 1809). MP: Buckingham, Aug–Oct 1806; Launceston, Nov 1806–07; and Northumberland, 1807–12. Called up to HL, 12 Mar 1812, in his father’s barony as Lord Percy. Succeeded to titles on death of his father, 10 Jul 1817, taking his seat in HL as Duke of Northumberland, 28 Jan 1818. Ld-Lt and V-Adml, Northumberland, 1817–47. Nom KG, 25 Nov 1819, installed, 4 Dec 1819. At Coronation, 19 Jul 1821, of George IV, GM, PGL, 1790–1813, Patron of the Craft, bore 2 nd Sword. Ld of Bedchamber, 1821–47. PC, 23 Mar 1825. Ambassador Extraordinary to Charles X, King of France, on occasion of his Coronation, being chief commr for investing him with the Garter, 7 Jun 1825, in Paris. Viceroy, Ireland, as Ld-Lt, 23 Jan 1829–Dec 1830. Govr, King’s Coll, London, 1831; Royal Trustee, Br Museum, 1839–47. High Stwd, Univ of Cambridge, 1834–40 and Chan thereof 1840–47; Constable and High Stwd, Launceston, 1843. Married at Northumberland House, 29 Apr 1817, Lady Charlotte Florentia Clive (1787–1866), 2 nd dau of Edward Clive, 1 st Earl of Powis (of 1804 and present creation) (1754–1839), and his wife Lady Henrietta Antonia Herbert (1830), dau of Henry Arthur Herbert, 1 st Earl of Powis (of 1748 creation) (c.1703–1772), but they had no children. Died at Alnwick Castle aged 61 and bur in Westminster Abbey, 23 Feb 1847, when the titles devolved on his only surviving brother, Algernon Percy, Baron Prudhoe, FRS, FSA (1792–1865), as 4 th Duke of Northumberland, later KG, PC. Joined, as Earl Percy, 1811, L. of Antiquity No. 1 (now No. 2). Petit, John Lewis [Louis], FRS [22 Nov 1759], later [1766] MD (Cantab), then [1767] FRCP (1736–27 May 1780), physician, eldest son of John Petit (b. 1714) of Little Aston Hall, Shenstone, Staffordshire. Educ Queens’ Coll, Cambridge (BA 1756, MA 1759); Censor, RCP, 1768, 1774 and 1777; Goulstonian Lecturer, 1768; Physician: St George’s Hospital 1770-74; St Bartholomew’s Hospital 1774–80. Married, Nov 1769, Katherine Letitia Serces, dau of one of the preachers at the French Chapel Royal, London. Buried at St Anne’s, Soho. WM, 9 Jan 1771 and 1772, Shakespear L. No. 179, at Parliament Coffee House, Parliament Street, London, now No. 99. Gave pedestal repository for the Book and Jewels of L. Petit, Louis [Lewis] Hayes, FRS [10 Dec 1807], FSA (8 Nov 1774–13 Nov 1849), 407 barrister-at-law, of 9 New Square, Lincoln’s Inn. 3 rd son of John Lewis [Louis] Petit, FRS [qv, above], 408 and grandson of Louis Petit, who came to England following the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes Educ at Queens’ Coll, Cambridge (BA 1792; MA 1799); admitted, 2 Apr 1791, Lincoln’s Inn and studied in the chambers of Charles Abbott (1762–1832), later [1818] LCJ, King’s Bench, then [1827] Baron Tenterden; called to Bar 1801 and practised on Chester and North Wales Circuit; MP, Ripon, 1827–32. Book collector, especially philological books. Buried in Highgate Cemetery. Initiated, 1814, L. of Friendship No. 6, at Thatched House Tavern, St James’s Street, WM 1825-27. Joined two London Ls.: c.1817, GStwds’ L. 1816, ceased c.1837; and, 28 Oct 1818, L. of Antiquity No. 2, resigning 1847, being elected hon member, 1 st Cl, 1847, for services to the Craft. GStwd 1816; JGW, UGLE, 1818. 406 His grandfather, George Percy, 5 th Duke of Northumberland, PC (1778–1867), having died on 21 August 1867, he became styled thus when his father inherited the titles as 6 th Duke of Northumberland. 407 As given in the Royal Socy’s List of Fellows on its website, and in website: http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=Petit%2C+ Louis+Hayes%2C +MP%2C+FRS+&meta=&aq=f&oq=, but as 1850 in Dyer, perhaps following MYBHS, p. 55. 408 It is just possible that there was a 3rd member, of an older generation of the family, as Jean Louis Petit, FRS [6 Nov 1729] (1674-1750), is included in the Royal Socy’s List of Fellows on its website. 91
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